CIT v. Hotel Savera

239 ITR 795High Court1999#888 most cited

What is CIT v. Hotel Savera authority for?

When an assessee has sufficient interest-free own funds available to make interest-free advances or investments, it is presumed that such advances or investments are made from these interest-free funds, thereby preventing the disallowance of interest expenditure under Section 36(1)(iii).

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Also referred to as

CIT v. Hotel Savera · Hotel Savera · Section 36(1)(iii) · disallowance of interest expenditure · interest-free advances · own funds · mixed fund theory · commercial expediency · presumption of funds utilization · sufficiency of interest-free funds

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing CIT v. Hotel Savera

Til Healthcare Pvt Ltd., Chennai vs. ACIT Corpore Ward 3(1), Chennai

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed

ITA 2416/CHNY/2017[2012-13]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai17 Apr 2018AY 2012-13

Bench: Shri N.R.S. Ganesan & Shri A.Mohan Alankamonyआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A.No.2416/Chny/2017 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2012-13) Vs The Acit, M/S. Til Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Corporate Ward – 3(1), Jhaver Centre, Raja Annamalai Building, Chennai. No.72, Marshalls Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008. Pan: Aabct0985H (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""यथ"/Respondent) : Shri T. Banusekar, Ca अपीलाथ" क" ओर से/ Appellant By : Shri Ar.V. Sreenivasan, Jcit ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : 08.02.2018 सुनवाई क" तार"ख/Date Of Hearing : 17.04.2018 घोषणा क" तार"ख /Date Of Pronouncement

For Appellant: Shri AR.V. Sreenivasan, JCITFor Respondent: 08.02.2018
Section 10Section 143(2)Section 143(3)Section 14ASection 250(6)Section 36(1)(iii)

…of interest expenditure cannot be made just because the assessee had extended interest free loan aggregating to Rs.87,02,892/-. Reliance was placed in the decision of the Hon’ble Jurisdictional Madras High Court in the case CIT vs. Hotel Savera reported in 239 ITR 795 wherein it was held “No part of the interest on borrowings could be disallowed on the ground that part of the money borrowed was advanced to a third party free of interest when there was sufficient credit balance in the partners’ accounts and there was no evidence that the amounts were advanced out of the borrowed amounts” The Ld.AR also placed…